// Only used by EF Tooling
        public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args)
        {
            return WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder()
                .ConfigureAppConfiguration((ctx, cfg) =>
                {
                    cfg.SetBasePath(Directory.GetCurrentDirectory())
                        .AddJsonFile("appsettings.json", true) // require the json file!
                        .AddEnvironmentVariables();
                })
                .ConfigureLogging((ctx, logging) => { }) // No logging
                .UseStartup()
                .UseSetting("DesignTime", "true")
                .Build();
        }

UseSetting("DesignTime", "true")

if (_config["DesignTime"] != "true")
{
  using (var scope = app.ApplicationServices.CreateScope())
  {
    var initializer = scope.ServiceProvider.GetRequiredService<YourSampleDataInitializer>();
    initializer.RunAsync().Wait();
  }
}

public class BloggingContextFactory : IDesignTimeDbContextFactory<BloggingContext>
    {
        public BloggingContext Create(string[] args)
        {
            var optionsBuilder = new DbContextOptionsBuilder<BloggingContext>();
            optionsBuilder.UseSqlite("Data Source=blog.db");

            return new BloggingContext(optionsBuilder.Options);
        }
    }

public static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            BuildWebHost(args).Run();
        }

        public static IWebHost BuildWebHost(string[] args) =>
            WebHost.CreateDefaultBuilder(args)
                .UseStartup<Startup>()
                .Build();

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